Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Curragh (decies Within Drum By.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curragh (decies Within Drum By.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WA038-046----
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The National Monuments Service's description
There is a record of a cairn (diam. c. 12m), traditionally thought to be the burial place of Erc, the father of St Declan, on the headland in Curragh (Westropp 1903, 378-9). It remains unlocated.
Westropp, T. J. (1903) Notes on the antiquities of Ardmore. JRSAI, 33, 353-80.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 10th October, 2011
Compiled by: Michael Moore